The Washington Post
July 5, 1927

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The only newspaper In Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. 74; lowest, 59. Weather—Fair, with slowly rising temperature today; tomorrow gentle north, shifting te east winds. Temperature yesterday — Highest, Weather detalls on page 10. fair; = = ENTERED AS POSTOFFICE, NO. 18.646. SECOND CLASS MATTER WASHINGTON, D. O, WASHINGTON: TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1927. COPYRIGHT, BY THE WASHINGTON 1927, POST CU. TWO CENTS. | | POST- SCRIPTS GEORGE R¢ THW ELL BROWN anna “lick-click! Click-click! Be quick! Be quick! The busy wires bring the news, For busy people to peruse. Click-click! Click-click! tains a compound fracture. Grace is still in Hawaii with a smashed plane, but he saved the pup. Lucky dog! The community Fourth may not be as safe and sane as it sounds — the kid who is content to let somebody else shoot off his firecrackers for him ie likely to be satisfied when he grows up to have somebody else take over his job of governing himself, for, say, ten terms or so. . 7 7 7 Hurry, Doctor, hurry faster, Willie’s just been shot; Bring along your sticking plaster— | | | Anything you've got. Lay him on the parlor table, Listen to his groans! Doctor, do you think you're able To splice up his bones? What a bandage! Ain’t it clever? Still, I guess it’s true, Willie’ll be as good as ever In a week or two. o 7 7. = lt is understood that the Demo- cratic National Committee hasn't de- cided yet whether to send out 50,- 000,000 or only 25,000,000 copies of Martin Madden's Coolidge.” “Ten Terms for + * * » Fortunately the “safe and sane” Fourth hadn’t been invented yet when the Byrds and Lindberghs were growing up. Bucky Harris’ boys must have thought that was a Roman holiday they were celebrating, not a National holiday. Lives of great men all remind us Just how careful folks should be, Not to go and leave behind us Thumbprints for the cops to see. Somebody presents Mr. Coolidge with a bucking bronco and a pair of chaps. What d’ye mean, sane” Fourth? Let us trust that when the Presi- dent goes for a ride he won’t get his chaps caught in the machinery. od . * * “safe and Many cherished relics of Thomas Jefferson are presented to the Me- morial Foundation, including, it is said, the little desk designed by him- self on which he wrote the Declara- tion of Independence, but it so hap- pens that we have just seen in a copy of The Post, nearly 50 years old, a dispatch stating that the desk on which the was penned was presented to Congress, on April 22, 1880. How come? vs ° a Noville says that Byrd is the “most wonderful navigator in the world,” but we are still committed to Lindy. > . - " immortal document It is not so much that all Europe joins in the celebration of our natal day as that we ourselves do it in a reunited country that not even poli- tics can rend* asunder. Let’s cheer old Uncle Sam along, And the Red, White and Blue, And sing the better national song Of Dixie-Doodle-Do. * - oe It is encouraging to note that now and then Indiana takes a day off and dedicates a monument to somebody who wasn’t a Vice President. . - . = We patriotically recall that York- town wasn’t so opposed to an ammu- nitton dump in 1781. ee ee oe Prof. Abbot has gone West to ex- periment on the stars with an instru- ment so delicate that it can measure the heat of a match 5,000 miles away. With a thing like that any- body in the apartment can prove for himself that right about the furnace being turned on. x a > - the janitor is A conference of liberals will open in Washington tomorrow. Wonder what they want to stop. Admiral Hilary P. Jones talks to "em at Geneva as though he were some kin to John P. It’s getting so nowadays that the Fourth of July is the day the firemen take off for their annual picnic. We have an idea this is going to be a rough voyage across for Martin Madden; but every time he thinks about that “‘ten terms: for Coolidge”’ interview he’ll probably blame his condition on sea-sickness. The Rockefeller Foundation scien: tists who are going to study the in- feriority complex of college fresh- men will need the Lick Observatory telescope to begin with. * - Maybe if Byrd haihate been handi- capped by such fine radio instru- ments he'd have lindberghed into Paris on schedule. Navy aviator flying over Washing- ton breaks the altitude record, estab- lished by the price of anthracite coal in 1920. ’ As Borah and Moses would say, P,esident Coolidge takes the cake. GUDLIDGE, 85, CUTS BIG BIRTHDAY CAKE: OOD WITNESS FETE Washington's winning streak sus- Horse and Saddle Among Gifts; Wears Chaps; Many Telegrams. PRESIDENT IS CALLED WORLD'S BIGGEST MAN Grins With Delight as Cow- boys Yell Their Salutation; 3 Reception Lines. By CARLISLE BARGERON (Staff Correspondent of The Post) Rapid City, 8S. Dak., July 4.—Presi- | dent Coolidge today cut for himself a | piece of cake and made himself and those who went to his birthday party feel at home. It was a lawn fete, so ‘to speak, and a good time was had by all. A cowboy band and cowboys, mounted Boy Scouts who rode with the facility of the Cavalry, little girls and little boys from hereabouts, the news- paper men and photographers were the especially invited guests, and standing on the sidelines about 5,000 tourists, as if they might be witnessing a three- ring show, all of it held in the hollow that the land forms before Mr. Cool- _idge’s house. And the presents Mr. Coolidge got! | Things were there that would have made the small boys’ eyes widen—red |}and green bandanas, chaps, spurs, cow- boy shirts and a horse and saddle. The President put on the chaps anda took the horse by the bridle and patted it on the neck and carressed its mane. He seemed to be having such a good time that everyone expected him to get on the horse. Coolidge Like Big Boy. The President was like a big boy, smiling as he has seldom been known to smile. everything. Everybody milled around with him and Mrs. Coolidge, who was dressed in a white two-pltece sport suit pleated in front, with a red hat with red autumn leaves—a large picture hat. it was. There were there, too, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sanders, the President’s secretary. Some of the newspaper men had their wives, one had a baby 1 year Old, and because of that she had the only chair on the lawn Mrs. Coolidge noticed her before she left the front porch and directed that a chair be taken out to her. Every now and then some little child would bresk away from the side lines and come tod- dling across the lawn. There were three youngsters, ranging from 4 to 6 years of age, who had presents for the President. It was the Boy Scouts, from Custer, the only mounted Scout organization in the country, that gave Mr. Coolidge the horse, a prancing bay mare, 7 years old, all dressed up in a brand-new sad- dle and martingale, a hand-carved sad- dle, ice Cream and Everything. lemonade, cake and sandwiches. Every. body sat around on the lawn to be served. That cowboy band, you should have seen it. The smallest man played the biggest instrument and the largest one, a fellow pretty close to seven feet in height, played a cornet. But they knew how to make music and they did it, their melody reverberating over the pine-clad hills and through the heavy dust that covered the main State road just 500 yards away. One of the fellows sang, just as back East there is always one man in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 4. YOUNG HUSBAND ENDS LIFE TIED TO TRACKS “Ideal Couple’ Is Split by Tragedy Following a Separation. Special to The Washington Post. Chicago, July 4.—About six months ago Samuel F. Dent, of River Grove, married Mabel Kramer, of the same suburb. He was 22 and she was 19, and neighbors and friends said it was an ideal match. : However, three days later they sepa- rated. The wife came to Chicago and Dent returned to his parents. Neither would give any intimation of the cause for their separation, nor were there any efforts, so far as known, to effect a reconciliation. Last night Dent chose an isolated | @ curve and soms shrubbery would in- _terfere with the vision of the engi- | neer, and made his preparations for |'death. He first tied his feet to one | |rail, then slipped his head under a | noose on the opposite rail, drew it taut | *” 'ardtown, Md. Mrs. Guy died yesterday and waited. q In a few minutes a limited train, | Speeding 60 miles an: hour, swept. _driving, says he saw a heavy machine speeding down the road and drew to | around the curve. The engineer, watch- | ful at that point, saw thé man on the | Sells and threw his engine into re- _verse. The shock threw passengers from their berths and seats, but there was not time enough. The train stopped within 600 feet. The train crew hastened back and found Dent decapi- tated and both feet cut off. in his pocket was found a slip of paper ask- ing that his parents be notified by telephone “in case of an accident.” There was informality about | There was ice cream, grape juice and | | last night ‘which he was seated spot on.the St. Paul Railway, where | ‘struck by a hit-and-run auto. He died shortly after midnight. ‘Hospital. Radio Saved Sea Fliers, Noville Writes; Essential To Air Liners of Future Crew of the America, Blinded by Fog, Would Have Been Deaf and Dumb Also Without Their Wireless Equipment; Standard Navy Set Took Machine to France. By LIEUT. GEORGE O. NOVILLE, U. 8S. N., Flight Engineer and Second in Command of the America. - (Special Cable Dispatch to The Washington Post.) Paris, July 4.—All of you who followed our course across the fog- locked Atlantic by means of the America’s wireless messages, who owe to those brief flashes the fact that you did not justifiably feaiignet Commander Byrd and the rest of us might be suffering the sam as those most gallant of all aerial explorers, Nungesser and Coli, ate all of you know already how much we owe to our marvelousy efficient radio equipment. have become of us? Had it faltered or had it gone out, what would That is a question that Commander Byrd, Bernt Balchen, Bert Acosta and myself would just as soon not answer. Imprisoned in relentless fog thousands of feet above the Atlantic for nearly nineteen solid hours, with the commander absolutely unable to take a single observation, where would we have been without his genius for navigation and without radio communication? We might have been anywhere—places it is just as well not to speculate upon. STANDARD U, S. NAVY EQUIPMENT. A large part of the reason why we are here today, enjoying the whole-hearted hospitality of the French people, rests with that standard United States Navy radio equipment of ours, which clicked on and on through driving rain, through relentless fog and through heart-breaking adverse winds. failing to respond. It worked for nearly 40 full hours without once If it had gone dead during those critical hours we would have been smack up against it, I hate to think of the feeling that would have been in my voice and face if I had to turn to Commander Byrd and say, can not get anything—she’s dead.” “Commander, we You can imagine, then, the joy we experienced at seeing that little instrument plug right along regardless of how the ship rocked or swung, regardless of how the rains beat upon us or how the Jat wiped out our eyes. We were blind, as it was. Without radio, I would have been dumb as well—and being voiceless up there then was no laughing matter. When ha&‘*such a magnificent achievement been recorded by any ship’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 2’ ENSIGN SEIZES RUM oflP; HOLDS CREW, 17, AT BAY Boards Unlighted Craft Alone and, With Only 2 Cartridges, Effects Capture. $500,000 CARGO TAKEN New York, July 4 (By A. P.).—Ensign Charles L. Duke, United States Coast Guard, celebrated the Fourth of July under the Hght of the Statue of Lib- erty, early today, by capturing single- handed a rum ship with a $500,000 cargo of liquor and a crew of 17 men. Then, with a lone guardsman, he stood off the threatening crew of the prize for three hours while the two other members of his crew raced their 40-foot patrol boat, C. G. 2327, back to the base for help. The steamer Economy, claiming Brit- ish registry, but unlisted in shipping records, had slipped by the outer ring of larger Coast Guard craft and was making good headway up the Narrows on a flood tide and without lights. Ensign Duke and his three men were bobbing about on the waters of the harbor, whipped into big waves by a stiff breeze. They sighted the Econ- omy and overhauled her. Commands to heave to were ignored aboard the unlighted ship, and even a shot, across her bow from the light gun of the Coast Guard boat went unheeded. Laying his craft alongside the Econ- omy, Ensign Duke seized a rifle and sprang aboard. A sailor barred the way until the butt of the rifle sent him sprawling. Even with the rifle of the ensign leveled at him, the helmsman of the Economy refused to obey a command to heave to. Then Ensign Duke resort- ed to plain “Yankee bluff.” “Turn the machine gun on this gang if they do not bring this ship up at once,” he shouted to his men, who were keeping the Coast Guard boat along- side. . The Coast Guard boat. carries no ma- chine gun, but the Economy’s people CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 2 MAN’S SKULL CRUSHED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH Edward |. Downs Was on His Way to Arrange for Sister’s Funeral. Edward I. Downs, 63 years old, 627 L street southeast, was fatally injured when the automobile in was overturned near Waldorf, Md., after it had been Mr. Downs and his son, Edward F. Downs, 630 M street. southeast, were on their way to the residence of the elder Downs’ sister, Mrs. Tina Guy, at Leon- and the two were to’ make funeral ar- rangements. Young Downs, who was one side and stopped. The machine, said to have contained four negroes, collided with Downs’ machine, over- turning it, and continued on its way. The elder Downs was pinned beneath the machine. His son extricated him, then brought the father to Casualty Physicians found that his skull had been crushed. Mrs. Downs, three other sons and a daughter were at Colonial Beach yesterday. NAVY FLIER BREAKS OWN ALTITUDE RECORD HERE Lieut. Champion Soars 7 Miles Above City, Shatter- ing Seaplane Mark. ALOFT FOR 55 MINUTES Lieut. Carlton C. Champion, jr., flew to a height of about 7 miles above the Capital yesterday, thereby establishing a new world’s altitude record for a sea- plane. The flier, who is attached to the Na- val Bureau of Aeronautics, was well pro- tected against the cold. He wore a fur- lined leather helmet which came down around his face, and special goggles protected in such manner as to keep moisture from freezing on the lenses Lieut. Champion flew in a Wright Apache type of seaplane. He was aloft 55 minutes, and an examination of his altimeter on landing showed that he had gone 37,500 feet. The record will not be official until the barographs have been examined and calibrated by the Bureau of Standards today. There may be corrcetion upward or downward when this is completed, but in any event it is almost certain Lieut. Cham- pion flew at least a mile higher than ever before was attained in a seaplane. The fiight started from the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, and the weather could not have been better. The plane was the same one Lieut. Champion used on May 5 when, taking off from the Naval Air Station at Hampton Roads, he flew to a heighth of 33,455 feet. This also was a record, CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 2 LEAP FROM A LINER FATAL TO COLONEL W. P. Stone, U. S. A., Retired, Was Bringing Body of Wife on the Tuscania. New York, July 4 (By A. P.).—Col William P. Stone, 66, U. S. A., retired, committed suicide by jumping into the sea from the promenade deck of the Cunard liner Tuscania, it was learned today when the ship docked here. The colonel boarded the ship at Cherbourg and was bringing to this country the body of his wife, who died of heart disease in Paris a month ago Yesterday morning he settled his petty accounts with the ship’s stewards and ate an early luncheon. The deck was deserted save for a deck boy when he leaped into the sea. The ship was 300 miles from New York. The ship circled for an hour and a boat was lowered, but no trace of the colonel was found. Col. Stone was born in Arkansas. Woman Dying After Cars Crash on Road Mrs. Franklin E. Warren, 35 years old, 339 N street southwest, was prob- ably fatally injured last night when the automobile in which she was rid- ing, driven by her husband, was struck by a hit-and-run driver near La Plata, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Warren were brought to Providence Hospital. Mrs. Warren's skull was factured. The husband was cut and bruised about the shoulders. Mr. Warren told police his car was crowded off the road. BYRD, CHAMBERLIN AND FOGH, IN PARIS, BROADCAST 10 U. 9, Ocean Airmen’s Triumph Reaches a Climax at American Dinner. FRENCH CHEER FLAG, COMMANDER HOLDS “Vive L’Amerique,” the Cry Comes From Millions, He Says, Like Lafayette. Paris, July 4 (By A. P.).—The peak of Commander Byrd’s Paris triumph was reached tonight when Marshal Foch, former President Millerand, Gen. Gouraud, M. Bokanowski, M. Doumer, minister of public works; M. Franchet and 100 other notable Frenchmen joined with Americans in cheering him and Clarence D. Chamberlin and their flying comrades at the American Chamber of Commerce dinner. It was more a manifestation for the American aviators than a celebration of Inde- pendence Day. Sheldon Whitehouse, the American charge, in the absence of Ambassador Herrick, spoke, and Benjamin Conner, president of the American Chamber. of Commerce, introduced Commander Byrd, announcing that he and other speakers would send messages to the American people by wireless. “While 1 have to receive this wonder- ful reception from you tonight,” said Commander Byrd, “I have known that I have not deserved it alone. 1 stand here in the name of my three ship- mates, Acosta, Noville and Balchen, for if I deserve your applause, they deserve ij more than I. French Acclaim Fliers’ Fiag, “I want to say to America that if any, American has doubt of France’s high regard, let him make a nonstop flight from America to France. 1 be- lieve it is not so much the flier that the great people of France acclaim with their extremely generous, whole- hearted enthusiasm—it is the flag those. fliers carry, the emblem of Amer- ica. If you could hear ‘Vive l’Amerique,’ as 1 have heard it since my arrival I think you would know that there Lafayette left in France. “Although we thought that Col. Lind- bergh’s flight ahead of ours would de- tract from the entKusiasm of our recep- tion, we are glad he got here first. There was in his exploit an unusual combina- tion of circumstances which created enormous interest.” Commander Byrd alluded to the’ mes- sages from France delivered by Lind- bergh to President Coolidge, and said that he had brought back affectionate greetings from America to France, Clarence Chamberlin, when he arose, was applauded almost as much as Com- mander Byrd. In a modest and hesi- tating manner he began: “You may not believe it, but for me to give a short speech is much harder than trying to fly the Atlantic.” He referred to the wonderful recep- tion he and Charles Levine, who sat CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN Zz Aero Crash at Race Kills 2 and Hurts l Cincinnati, Ohio, July 4 (By A. P.).— Two men were killed and one was in- jured when an airplane which was fol- lowing a racing hydroplane on the Ohio River at Laughery Island, near Aurora, Ind., crashed onto the river bank today. Harry Danbury, 24, Rising Sun, Ind., and Raymond Hodges, Rising Sun, were killed, and Edward Roefling, pilot of the plane, was injured. 26 Killed, Many Hurt As Gale Hits Russia P.).— today small swept Odessa, Russia, July 4 (By A. Twenty persons were drowned by the capsizing of several yachts in a violent gale which over the country. In Odessa, there was great damage to property and numerous buildings were unroofed. Six persons were killed and many injured by the overturning of a street car. are still millions of Frenchmen like. 75,000 SEE. YAN ROUT NATS | CIMES, 12-1, 21-1 Largest Baseball Crowd in History Attends Slugging Match. GEHRIG'S 2 HOMERS FIGURE IN VICTORIES Six Home Runs Made as Harris Pitchers Are Sub- jected to Pounding. By FRANK H. YOUNG. Yankee Stadium; New York, July 4. The largest crowd ever to witness a baseball game turned out this after- noon to see the Nationals lose a double- header to the Yankees. The turnstiles showed 72,641 cash customers and 3,000 holders of complimentary tickets. The fans draped themselves in every avail- able space, even around the rafters, on the runways and in the aisles. Manager Harris’ men evidently do not believe in halfway measures, their win- ning streak of ten games being deci- sively broken when they lost both con- tests to the Yankees, 12 to 1 and 21 to 1 The Nats came here laboring under the impression that only harmless fire- works were. permitted today, but those the Hugmen set off proved most dam- aging. In the first game, in which Hollis Thurston was blasted off the hill and Walter Johnson was slightly singed, Catcher Pat Collins cracked out a homer with one on and Lou Gehrig later du- plicated the stunt with the sacks va- cant. This was No. 27 for Ruth’s only competitor and in the race for round trippers Gehrig cracked out another home run in the second game, this time with the bases full, in the seventh, put- ting him two ahead of Ruth. The latter was not idle, however, as the day netted him three passes. four singles and 9 triple. Sam Rice crashed out a four-bagger in the fifth which gave the Nats their only run of this second engagement, while Wera and Lazzeri also hit for the circuit, their drives going into the stands in left. Three Washington pitchers were pun- ished in the second battle, while Wilcey Moore was just breezing along. Al Crowder, Fred Marberry and Bobby Burke were victims of the Yanks’ slug- gers. As is indicated by the score, there was no doubt as to the ultimate win- ner of the opening contest. A walk, theft and single by Morehart and Ruth gave the Yanks one run in the opener, Collins’ homer in the left field stands, following Dugan’s first double, was good for two more in the second, while six hits, with a sacrifice, walk and balk tossed in for good measure, were good CONTINUED ON PAGE 13, COLUMN 8 Family of 4 Slain; Employes Are Sought Alanreed, Tex., July 4 (By A. P.).— Alarmed at not having seen any of the family. for several days, neighbors vis- ited the home of Frank Weatherby, 3 miles south of here today, and found bodies of Weatherby, his wife and his two young children. Under the bodies of Mrs. Weatherby and the children, a girl of 6 and a boy of 4, lay a crowbar. A mattress had been thrown. over them. The room bore evidence of a struggle. Weather- by’s body, with a shot through the head, was found in another room. The weapon with which he had been slain was not found. An automobile belonging to Weather- by was missing, and officers were seek- ing several negroes who had worked on the Weatherby place. Panther, of Movies, Carries Off a Child Nice, France, July 4 (By A. P.).—An African panther being trained for a new animal picture became unruly ana carried off Cloclo Machin, a 5-year-old film artist, yesterday, biting him seri- ously before being captured. The boy’s father was training the animal. By Convicts Rescue of 3 Drowning Men Is Forbidden 1,200 Inmates of Sing Sing Weep and Plead in Vain for Permission to Help Canoeists; Blocked by Threats of Guards to Shoot. Ossining, N. Y., July 4 (By A. P.).— Prison rules today held dozens of will- ing rescuers in check as three young canoeists drowned in the Hudson near Sing Sing’s gray walls. The canoeists, whose identity was not known and whose bodies have not been recovered, were thrown into the river when their canoe, raked by a stiff wind, capsized near the Sing Sing wharf. Sing Sing’s 1,200 prisoners watched the three men struggle to save them- selves, Some wept and others beseeched guards to allow them to leap over the fence that protects the dock. The guards, however, covered the men with i rifles and threatened to shoot any man ¢ who’ went to the assistance of the drowning men. The wind had blown the canoe near the wharf, and one man was reported to have drowned about 15 feet from it. The tragedy upset the prisoners and some refused to eat an Independence Day dinner served later. Warden Lawes said that previous faithlessness of prisoners had actuated the guards, who feared prisoners per- mitted to aid the drowning men might attempt to escape. Prison officials said that no one save Warden Lawes is authorized to release prisoners in such an emergency, and before the warden could be reached the canoeists had been lost. Index to Today’s Issue. Pages 1—Coolidge, 55, Cuts Birthday Cake. Noville Tells of Radio’s Aid. Byrd and Chamberlin Feted in Paris 75,000 See Yanks Rout Nationals. Mall Crowded at Fourth Ceremony. Rescue of 3 by Convicts Barred. 2—Takoma Park Observes Fourth. 8 Die, 272 Hurt in Mishaps. Pershing Eulogizes Veterans. 3—Six Atlantic Fliers Honored. U.S. Ace in New York; Motor in i 4—Warns U. S. Must Protect Trad Leaves to Measure Stars’ Sent. 5—8,000 Attend Horse Show. 6—Editorials. 7—Daughter of Churstons Is Wed. Society. 8—Magazine Page. 9—Radio News and Program. 10—Weather and Vital Statistics Theatrical Review. 11—Nancy Carey Service. 12-17—Classified Advertising. 13-14-15-16—Sports. 16—The Post’s Funny Folk 18—The News in Pictures. Would Simplify Government. 60 Flag “Violators’’ Reported. CELEBRATION OF FOURTH SENDS 9 10 HOSPITALS Girl, 7, Is Seriously Burned When Sparkler Is Held Too Close to Clothing. 100 OTHERS ARE INJURED A heavy toll of casualties resulted from the city’s observance of a “safe and sane” Fourth of July. Nine per- sons were treated at hospitals for in- juries from pistols, firecrackers and sparklers. One, a young girl, was seriously burned when her clothing caught fire. Police estimated dt least 100 other persons were treated at home or by their family physician for burns and other injuries caused by the use of fireworks. Della Kidwell, 7 years old, of 1226 Neale street northeast, was treated at Casualty Hospital for serious burns on her chest, neck, face and arms. Police said the girl’s clothing caught fire when she held a sparkler too close to her clothing while playing with several other children near her home. Carol Grosvenor, 16 years old, 1328 Eighteenth street northwest, daughter of Gilbert Grosvenor presi- dent of the National Geographic Soci- ety, was wiles on_ both hands while celebrating t holiday by playing with a roman torch. She was treated at Emergency Hospital. Others treated at Casualty Hospital were Raymond White, 10 years old, of 1015 Sixth street northeast, cuts on the left hand and arm caused by spark- lers; May Butler, colored, 4, of 629 Third street northeast, burns on the neck and shoulders; Robert W. Schroder, 14, of 500 Ninth street southeast burns and cut left hand, and A. W. Gonzales, 18, of 414 Eleventh street northeast, who was cut and burned on the right eye. According to hospital physicians, the boy placed a firecracker in a bottle and, when it failed to go off ‘‘on time,” looked to see what the trouble was. As he did, the cracker ex- ploded, causing the bottle to be shat- tered. Those treated at Emergency Hospital were Wellington Abrams, 21 years old. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 4 Girl Blocks Wrecking Of Bar Harbor Train Worcester, Mass., July 4 (By A. P.). A small girl frustrated an attempt to wreck the Bar Harbor Express here tonight. She told a policeman that She had seen several youths piling planks on the Boston & Maine Rail- road tracks in the rear of a lumber yard in Greendale, The policeman sped to the scene with the child in his motorcycle and removed the planks. GRACE PLANE FALLS May Abandon Attempt to Fly to U.S. Mana, Island of Kauai, Hawaii, July 4 (By A P.).—The stunt flier of the movies, Richard Grace, of Hollywood, Calif.. crashed to earth in his plane here today shortly after having taken off for the California mainland. Grace and the dog which accompa- nied him were unhurt, but the plane was so badly damaged that the trans- pacific flight of more than 2,400 miles may be abandoned, Grace made a good take-off at 5:24 a.m from the rough and bumpy “Bark- ing Sands” runway, which had previ- ously punctured the tires of his plane’s wheels, halting two attempts to fly. He circled the Island of Kauai, testing his machine before sailing out across the Pacific. Trouble developed when the plane was over the village of Koloa. The tail of the monoplane was seen to flutter, and then the plane plunged to earth in thorny bushes at the edge of the fly- ing field. Grace had flown 51 minutes when he crashed to land at 6:15 a, m. Grace returned heartbroken to the residence where he had been a guest. Montreal Has Snow After Stifling Heat Montreal, July 4 (By A. P.).—Snow in July is a record just established in Montreal. After two days of stifling heat, last night the city was visited with a mild, almost imperceptible, snowfall. It of | 7.00 CROWD ML THEATER TO PLEDGE -ALEBINGE TO FUG Fireworks, Visit by lane and Music Feature Civic Exercises. DECLARATION READ AS THRONG CHEERS. Carusi, Ladue and Judge Mary O’Toole Participate — in Services. : A crowd of 75,000 persons gath beneath the stars at the Sylvan Theae ter last night and witnessed a mage) nificent celebration of America’s 18 birthday. a After the patriotic exercises the sky | became aglow with pyrotechnic jewelry, . ‘and through the glare thus formed flew a Navy airplane. With its running lights twinkling the plane flew over the vast crowd, circled the Washington Monument @ | few times and then returned to the | Naval Air Station. It was manned by Lieut. Comdr W. W. Davies and Avia- tion Pilot 5. H. Bushing. The exercises were held just south of the Monument, with the’ aw holding forth on the _ tree-inclosed stage and the spectators massed on the slope beyond. Just as the sun was about to set the Marine Band took its position in the stand, and for a half hour or more played the patriotic airs that have be- come dear to Americans. Crowd Cheers Reading Then Charles F. Carusi, president ¢ the Board of Education, read the Decl ration of Independence, the imm document that signalized freedom. As he finished reacing rolling sentences of Thomas Jefier the crowd broke into applause Col. William’ B. Ladue, the new gineer Commissioner of the Dist then was introduced to the assemb by Isaac Gans. In a brief addres pledged his best efforts to the JJ and called on the citizens to give their sympathetic cooperation. Turning to patriotism, he denounced the militant radicals in the country and warned that’ only an alert citize 7 Det them. Judge Mary O'Toole led the assem- blage in taking the oath of allegiance to the flag, and then came one of the most impressive ceremonies of the night—the massing of the colors. As the Marine Bank broke into a stir- ring march, a color guard of soldiers appeared from one of the tree-formed wings and marched on to the natural stage. From the other side came a color guard of sailors, and after it a detach- ment of Marines. ay OLY Amer! Veterans Carry Flags. After them came Civil War veterans, Spanish War veterans, World War vet- erans and representatives of a dozen or more patriotic organizations—all car< rying flags When the colors had been massed on the stage the great crowd joined im singing “America the Beautiful” and “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Once the ceremonies were over crowd moved to the other side .@% the mound to witness the display of fire= works. While children screamed their delight and grown-ups emitted their “Ah-h’s,” rockets shot into the air and suddenly evolved into cascades of gol¢ | and silver, or showers of red, white ana blue balls. Meanwhile 60-inch mobile search= lights, provided by Secretary of War | Davis, played their ‘beams on the Monue iment. The powerful lights bathed ‘al- 'most every inch of the big shaft and | made it stand out in bold relief ON HAWAII TAKE-OFF | Machine Wrecked; Flier Safe; | the sky Like War-Time Raid. With the lights flitting from the monument to sweep the sky, and with pyrotechnics exploding in the air, the appearance of the Navy plane sent one’s thoughts back to the air raids of the World War. It was as though the plane were a night radier; the searchlights seeking to find it, and the fireworks exploding antiaircraft shells. No glorious Fourth ever was marked by more glorious weather. In the day time the sky was as blue as the blue in Old Glory itself, and there was a coolness that was almost phenomena for a day in July. The community spirit was joined with the spirit of patriotism in many sections of the city. Such communie ties as Takoma Park, Petworth, Wesley Heights and Battery Park held their CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 5. John Coolidge Ends Visit to Trumbulls Plainville, Conn., July 4 (By A P..), John Coolidge departed for Plymouth, Vt., from Hartford this afternoon, after being a guest at the home of Gov. Trumbull over the week-end. This morning the family attended a picnic: at Pinnacle Rocks Farm, the home of Henry Trumbull, the governor's | brother. . After staying at Plymouth a few days the President’s son intends. to go Burlington, Vt., to attend the sum Be school of the university there. Young Coolidge and the governor were im New Haven Saturday to meet _ Fiorence Trumbull, the gov r ae: on her return from Pitt $\6) lasted only a few minutes. burgh.